Whether peace or ceasefire,
both take longer to put in place
than impatient leaders who, locked
into wars they didn't know how to stop,
find they don't have the time to organise
respite for themselves or their enemies.
The last proposed peace between Ukraine,
and Russia that never found acceptance
was 'proposed by the Russian Orthodox Church',
long known as an instrument of the Russian state,
apparently so that its clergy could return
to buildings they have been ejected from
to celebrate a solely Russian Christmas.
As alliances renew through new proposals
and shuttle diplomacy between the willing
gets ever more tight lipped and frenzied,
few can predict what will happen next,
beyond how even fewer folk than before
will get reports about the progress of the war.
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